List of people executed in the United States in 1900

Ninety-nine people, all male, were executed in the United States in 1900, ninety-five by hanging, and four by electrocution.

List of people executed in the United States in 1900

No.	Date of execution	Name	Age	Gender	Ethnicity	State	Method	Ref.
									1	January 3, 1900	Edward Cressinger	19	Male	White	Pennsylvania	Hanging
2	January 5, 1900	Go See	47	Asian	California
3		Charley Wilson	—	Black	South Carolina
4		Zachariah Singleton	—
5	January 6, 1900	Antonio Flores	—	Hispanic	Texas
6		Geronimo Para	—
7	January 8, 1900	George Smiley	—	White	Arizona
8	January 9, 1900	James Eagen	—		Pennsylvania
9		Cornelius Shew	—
10		William Wasco	34
11	January 11, 1900	Robert W. Brown	—	Black
12	January 12, 1900	Charley Wilson	—		Georgia
13		Ellis Misebel	—		Texas
14	January 16, 1900	William Patterson	—		Pennsylvania
15	January 19, 1900	Philip Denson	—		Georgia
16	January 24, 1900	Samuel Peter Meyers	—	White	Pennsylvania
17	February 2, 1900	William G. Magers	26		Oregon
18	February 8, 1900	William Truesdale	—	Black	North Carolina
19		George St. Clair	—		Pennsylvania
20	February 9, 1900	Will Golson	28		Alabama
21		Sam Wright	—		Louisiana
22		James K. Brown	—		New Jersey
23	February 10, 1900	Reuben Ross	—		North Carolina
24	February 15, 1900	George Weeks	—		Pennsylvania
25		Thomas Brennen	—	White
26	February 23, 1900	Handy Davis	—	Black	Louisiana
27	February 26, 1900	Antonio Ferraro	37	White	New York	Electrocution
28	March 2, 1900	Will Leonard	—	Black	Georgia	Hanging
29		Charles Brown	—		Louisiana
30		John Green	—
31	March 9, 1900	Wayman King	38		Florida
32		Thomas Nathaniel	—		Louisiana
33		Edward Williams	—		New Jersey
34		Willie Jones	28		Texas
35	March 15, 1900	John Taylor	—		North Carolina
36		Robert Fortune	—
37	March 16, 1900	King Martin	—		Texas
38	March 18, 1900	William Wallace Calder	25	White	Montana
39	March 23, 1900	Nevison Morris	30	Black	Texas
40		Frank White	—
41	March 29, 1900	Joseph C. Hurst	—	White	Montana
42	March 30, 1900	George Webster	28		Washington
43	April 2, 1900	Allen Fuller	—	Black	Georgia
44	April 6, 1900	King Goosby	16
45		Lewis Goosby	14
46		William Pepo	48	White	Montana
47		Albert Michaud	—		Washington
48	April 16, 1900	Bob McKinney	—	Black	Texas
49	April 20, 1900	Homer Crawford	—		Georgia
50	April 23, 1900	Joaquin Eslabe	29	Native American	California
51	April 25, 1900	Bill Brown	—	White	Tennessee
52		Sonny Crain	40	Black
53		John C. Watson	58	White
54	May 7, 1900	James Nettles	—	Black	Missouri
55		Henry Brown	18		Texas
56	May 8, 1900	Edward Clifford	—	Unknown	New Jersey
57	May 18, 1900	Walter Gordon	—	Black	Alabama
58		Beauty Ingram	18
59		Elbert Curry	—
60	May 21, 1900	Fritz Meyer	46	White	New York	Electrocution
61	May 23, 1900	Frank Krause	—		Pennsylvania	Hanging
62	June 1, 1900	Jose P. Ruiz	—	Hispanic	New Mexico
63	June 5, 1900	William Hummel	—	White	Pennsylvania
64	June 15, 1900	Ernest B. Clevenger	—	Unknown	Missouri
65	June 18, 1900	Sid Spears	—	Black	Texas
66	June 29, 1900	Thomas W. Flannelly	31	White	California
67		Benjamin Hill Snell	42		Washington D.C
68	July 6, 1900	Nelson Vale	59	Black
69	July 20, 1900	Charles B. Cross	18	White	Connecticut
70	July 23, 1900	Joseph Mullen	23		New York	Electrocution
71	July 27, 1900	John Renfro	—		Texas	Hanging
72	August 3, 1900	Amos B. Smith	—	Black	Maryland
73	August 17, 1900	Dillard Herndon	—	Unknown	Georgia
74	August 28, 1900	Hiram Sharp	51	White
75	August 31, 1900	William Black	—	Black	Maryland
76		Thomas Jones	—		North Carolina
77	September 1, 1900	Sam Robinson	22		Georgia
78	September 14, 1900	Daniel Lucey	42	White	Montana
79		Ira O. Jenkins	—	Unknown	North Dakota
80		Hans Thorp	—	White
81	September 19, 1900	Henderson House	—	Black	Tennessee
82	September 27, 1900	Dillard Warren	—	White
83	September 28, 1900	Archie Kinsauls	35		North Carolina
84	October 5, 1900	Coleman Gillespie	20		Oregon
85	October 26, 1900	Warby Wine	—	Black	South Carolina
86	October 29, 1900	William Branch	—		Georgia
87	November 9, 1900	Frank Funk	25	White	Washington, D.C.
88		Richard Gardner	25	Black	Ohio	Electrocution
89	November 15, 1900	Isaac Birriola	55	White	Pennsylvania	Hanging
90	November 16, 1900	William Halderman	24		Arizona
91		Thomas Halderman	22
92		Santiago Ortiz	23	Hispanic
93		William Sullivan	40	White	California
94	November 19, 1900	George Puttman	25
95	November 22, 1900	William Simms	—	Unknown	Pennsylvania
96	December 13, 1900	William Woodson	—	Black	Virginia
97	December 21, 1900	John Owens	—	White	Illinois
98		John Holden	—	Black	Virginia
99	December 28, 1900	Sylvester Griffin	—

Demographics

Gender
Male	99	100%
Female	0	0%
Ethnicity
Unknown	5	5%
Black	51	52%
White	37	37%
Hispanic	4	4%
Asian	1	1%
Native American	1	1%
State
Pennsylvania	14	14%
Georgia	11	11%
Texas	11	11%
North Carolina	6	6%
California	5	5%
Louisiana	5	5%
Tennessee	5	5%
Alabama	4	4%
Arizona	4	4%
Montana	4	4%
District of Columbia	3	3%
New Jersey	3	3%
New York	3	3%
South Carolina	3	3%
Virginia	3	3%
Maryland	2	2%
Missouri	2	2%
North Dakota	2	2%
Oregon	2	2%
Washington	2	2%
Connecticut	1	1%
Florida	1	1%
Illinois	1	1%
New Mexico	1	1%
Ohio	1	1%
Method
Hanging	95	96%
Electrocution	4	4%
Month
January	16	16%
February	11	11%
March	15	15%
April	11	11%
May	8	8%
June	6	6%
July	4	4%
August	5	5%
September	7	7%
October	3	3%
November	9	9%
December	4	4%
Age
Unknown	61	62%
14–19	6	6%
20–29	15	15%
30–39	6	6%
40–49	7	7%
50–59	4	4%
Total	99	100%

Executions in recent years

Number of executions
1899	129
1900	99
1901	112
Total	340

See also

• Lists of people executed in the United States

References

Preceded by 1899

List of people executed       in the United States in    1900

Succeeded by 1901

executed People executed in the United States 1900